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Originally posted by EtaPhiZTA
OMG! I can't believe school starts on August 4 for your kids.
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We get that a lot but:
We're one of the top school districts in the state (and ranked pretty well in the nation, too)
We get a full week off in October for Fall Break (We're going to Disney World)
We get a lot of 3 day weekends
We get out in the middle of May
It is TOO HOT and dangerous (ozone) in Dallas in August for kids to play outside so getting out earlier in May works better for us.
The state of Texas requires that all schools start at least the second week of August but we tried that and it didn't work. There was a lot of discussion about it but in the end the parents overwhelmingly supported a request to change it back to the first week of August.
The kids don't think that it is a big deal at all. Right about the time they're getting bored with summer, it is time to go back to school.